St. Charles North is on a five-game streak of home losses, Streamwood a five-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Saturday. Having just played yesterday, the St. Charles North North Stars will get right back to it and host the Streamwood Sabres at 6:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
On Friday, St. Charles North was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 55-54 to Naperville North. While losing is never fun, the North Stars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 422nd, while the Huskies are ranked 179th).
Meanwhile, Streamwood played a tough game on Saturday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They took a blow against West Aurora, falling 88-40. The Sabres were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 51-14.
St. Charles North will have to keep a close watch on Byron Walton and Payton Clements, a pair of players who had a big impact on Streamwood's prior game. Walton posted 17 points and seven rebounds, while Clements scored six points. Those seven boards gave Walton a new career-high.
Streamwood's defeat dropped their record down to 5-15. As for St. Charles North, their loss dropped their record down to 4-14.
St. Charles North didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Streamwood in their previous meeting back in January of 2018, but they still walked away with a 60-55 victory. Does St. Charles North have another victory up their sleeve, or will Streamwood turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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